May 20, 2025
House GOP channels ‘Nighthawks’ as they try to pass Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
House Republicans are channeling Edward Hopper this week as they try to pass President Trump’s big, ‘beautiful bill.’ Hopper is known for ‘Nighthawks,’ one of the most iconic paintings in American history. The 1942 painting depicts four people in a diner in the middle of the night. A deserted streetscape commands the foreground. Two men […]
May 20, 2025
‘Dead of night’: Dems accuse GOP of cowardice over late-night votes on Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill
Following news that the House Rules Committee will convene at 1 a.m. on Wednesday morning to take the next steps in advancing President Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill, Democrats are accusing Republicans of cowardice for advancing the monumental bill ‘in the dead of night.’ The House Budget Committee reached an initial consensus to pass the […]
May 20, 2025
Trump-pardoned real estate mogul Charles Kushner confirmed for key diplomatic post
New Jersey real estate developer Charles Kushner was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Monday for the ambassadorship to France and Monaco. He was confirmed in a 51-45 vote. Kushner, the father-in-law of Ivanka Trump, was previously pardoned by President Donald Trump for federal tax evasion and Federal Election Commission violations from 2005, during the […]
May 20, 2025
Senate advances landmark crypto bill with Democrats divided
The Senate voted Monday to advance landmark cryptocurrency legislation, with 16 Democrats siding with most Republicans on a key procedural motion that could set the stage for the upper chamber to pass its first-ever crypto regulatory overhaul. The Senate voted 66-32 to proceed on the bill following a series of bipartisan negotiations in which Republicans […]
May 20, 2025
Debt cloud suddenly hangs over megabill talks
Republicans knew they’d have to overcome fierce internal divisions, thorny policy trade-offs and rock-solid Democratic resistance to pass their massive domestic policy bill. They didn’t count on a Wall Street backlash, too. A softening Treasury bond market and surprise downgrade Friday of U.S. creditworthiness are the latest forces weighing on the GOP megabill — an […]
May 20, 2025
Feds charge New Jersey congressmember with assault
The Justice Department announced an assault charge Monday against Rep. LaMonica McIver, a New Jersey Democrat who was involved in a chaotic confrontation with officials outside a federal immigration facility earlier this month. The criminal charge follows a May 9 visit by McIver, along with her colleagues Reps. Rob Menendez and Bonnie Watson Coleman, to […]
May 19, 2025
Trump calls Biden’s cancer diagnosis ‘very sad’ while questioning timeline: ‘Wasn’t informed’
President Donald Trump spoke candidly about former President Joe Biden’s recent prostate cancer diagnosis on Monday, expressing sympathy while also suggesting that the situation should be investigated. Biden’s team announced the diagnosis on Sunday afternoon, saying that the former statesman ‘was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms.’ […]
May 19, 2025
Schumer ripped for placing blame on Trump, DOGE for deadly Mexican Navy crash in NYC: ‘He is an idiot’
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was ripped on social media over the weekend for suggesting President Donald Trump was partially to blame for a Mexican Navy ship losing control and crashing into the Brooklyn Bridge. ‘After being fully briefed on last night’s Brooklyn Bridge accident, one thing is predominantly clear: there are more questions than […]
May 19, 2025
Rules Committee Republicans weigh next steps on megabill
Rep. Ralph Norman, one of the four House Republicans whose initial opposition to the GOP megabill delayed its in the Budget Committee, said Monday he would not vote against it in the Rules panel later this week. “Unless something changes … the body has a right [to consider it],” said Norman of his decision to […]
May 19, 2025
Reagan admin official who helped America defeat communism dead at age 83
Michael A. Ledeen, a major American historian and intellectual, died after suffering a series of small strokes on Sunday at his residence in Maryland. He was 83 years old. Ledeen was a vigorous participant in contributing to the demise of the communist Soviet Union and its Iron Curtain allies in Eastern Europe. Ledeen served as […]
May 19, 2025
Trump considers former defense attorney Emil Bove for federal appeals court vacancy
President Donald Trump is considering Justice Department official Emil Bove, his former defense attorney, for a U.S. appeals court vacancy — a controversial nomination that would come as he continues to attack so-called ‘activist’ judges for blocking his agenda. Bove, 44, is among those Trump is considering for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the […]
May 19, 2025
Conservative rips blue state Republican’s proposal to raise taxes on wealthy in SALT debate
A conservative Republican said he’s opposed to his moderate colleague’s proposal for a modest tax hike on high-income earners, as GOP lawmakers continue to navigate divisions over President Donald Trump’s ‘one big, beautiful bill.’ ‘Well, think about that — higher taxes to pay for something that is pretty much self-inflicted by all the states that […]